en Mucoraceae

Mucoraceae
	Chaetocladium brefeldii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Mucoromycota
Class:	Mucoromycetes
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Mucoraceae; Dumort. (1822)
Type genus
	Mucor; Fresen. (1850)
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Chaetocladiaceae A. Fisch., 1892; Dicranophoraceae J.H. Mirza, 1979; Thamnidiaceae Fitzp., 1930;

The Mucoraceae are a family of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by having the thallus not segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species.^[2]

Genera

The family consists of the following genera:

^ Dumortier BC. (1822). Commentationes botanicae (in Latin). pp. 69, 81.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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